The Irish standard., 1887-05-21
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
English Opinion Of 0'Connell 50 Years
Ago Paralleled by the Same 0pin-
ion of Parne]l To-day
THE GREAT, REPEAL AGITATION.
The Futile Attempt Of the London Times
to Prevent ali Alliance Between
O'Oonnell and the Wings.

OF the attacks made by the Times On
Mr.. l'arnelI, because they forget the
attacks made by that journal On Dan
iel O'Connell. After the general cleo
ton Of 1885. O'Connel! held the bal
ance between the two great English
parties. The J'imes was horror-stricken
at such condition OF things. O'Con-
nell, it declared, would be real Prime
Minister y an awful situation"
But it implored English parties TO
stand firmly together, to unite against
''the Repeal Rebel" the unprincipled
rufian." 'the demon OF naalign5y and
anarchy" in whose hands the people OF
Ireland had been forced to place the
destinies Of their wretched country.
I'VE ask the people OF lreland,' it
urged, referring to the terrorism
used by O'Connell at the election ''wil]
they submit to an inquisitoriai and re-
Yengeful tyranny like this? II from
the breads of murder or famine they
dare not raise {. cry against such brutal
degradaJlon---if they will vote thus with
tine knife at them Threats tor the Parlia-
1nentary tools and ]ackeys Of such a
mlscreant--we appeal from them to the
people Of England, and TO the ministry,
whether they will suffer their fellow
subjects OF the sister island to be tor
mented by the system of organized ruf~
6a1ism avowed by an Irish Catholic
lawyer, and furtiyely promoted by con-
federates III priestly garb.
"We hope there will be no trucking to
O'Connell and his gang, there will be nc
bullying by O'Connell; there will be no
stupid and ploarils attempt to govern
Ireland through the cooperation and
fundamentally Of men who profess the
first object Of their lives to be the sepa-
ration OF the two countries and the
breaking up of the Empire" Despite
the exhortations and warnings of the
Times, the Wings showed every dispo>
sitGion to form an alliance with O'Con~
nell, The Times wrote: eve. have
already pointed out the desperate coll-
dition OF any English party who first
leans for support on the Irish Repeal
Rebel and his gang, and next has to pay
them the wages Of their services by tax
Ing them into partnership. But the
embarrassments of the Wings are
thickening with every post. = 81 y
!. They burst not refuse this unprincipled
rudian whatever Office he chose to lay
his hand OH. They could not carry OIL
the Government without the aid Of
O'COnnell and his crew.
Again, as aprospect of a Wing O'Con-
nell alliance became certain-"We our
selves can see nothing but clouds and
darkness on the horizon: let the most
prudent management be resorted to by
the most virtuous counsellors What,
then, must be our forbodings with
O'Connell and his associates lying in
wait for the Monarchy on the very foot
stool of the throne?''
Once more-'O'Connel and his fifty
votes will hold the fate Of the British
cabinet, whetherits chief be Lord Grey,
Lord Melbourne, Mr.. Hume, Mr.. Ward,
Sir s. Whalley, or Lord John Russell,
at his own precarious mercy; and too
late it will be deplored that a miserable
faction Of place hunters have been suf-
fered by the people Of the country to
usulp the power of the State. that they
may destroy the principles of our Pro
testant Monarchial Constitution, and
sever the whole frame work of the En-
pire.
Mark, all this was written to prevent
that alliance between Lord Melbourne
and Cornell which was so productive
ofgood to both countries While it blasted.
Everyone possessing, any information
about Ireland admits that had the policy
OF the Melbourne Ministry been fully
carried out there would now be peace
between England and Ireland. 1t was
the failure Of the Melbourne Ministry
to fulfill their part Of the Lichfeld'
House Compact that led to the repeal
agitation. That failure was due entirely
to the Times and the House of Lords.
The Times tried to prevent an alliance
between O'Connell and the Wings; and
when, despite it's efforts. that alliance
was formed, it never ceased to denounce
and libel the Irish leader. In 1887 it
wrote Never did an unprincipled dema-
gogue act a more treacherous part to-
wards his wretched dupes than O. Con-
nell is acting towards the people OF Ire
land, whom he sells as he slavers them
with the slime Of fulsome panegyric
(strong) enough to turn the stomach of
"a Chinese. sycophant. Never was a
baser, a meaner wretch gibbetted in the
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